The World’s First Zero Carbon, Zero Waste City

Masdar City – the world’s first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city. A vibrant and beautiful city, powered by renewable energy, innovative building practices and new standards in sustainable living currently under construction in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Masdar City, soon to become home to 40,000 residents and 50,000 daily commuters, is being built around pedestrians, where open public squares intersect with narrow shaded walkways and connect to homes, schools, restaurants, theatres and shops. A city powered by solar cells and wind turbines, where 80% of the water is recycled. A city planned to be green. An urban environment being built in the desert. The 2.48 square miles (4 square kilometers), of city using micro-climate to both extract energy and keep the streets at comfortable temperatures.The architecture of the city is inspired by the traditional medinas, souks and wind towers of the Arab world. (more…)

Saving The Planet, One Pint At A Time

Everybody is jumping on the green wagon. PARTY!!

…. as the green future unfolds.

Commentary: Let’s launch the ‘next revolution’

You know that tinglely feeling you get when you sense something exciting is afoot? This commentary written for cnn.com by Sir Richard Branson and Kathleen Rogers left me with that “are we there yet” grin on my face, …. so without further ado ……

CNN Editor’s note: Sir Richard Branson founded a mail-order record retailer in England in 1970 that grew into the Virgin Group of about 200 companies in over 30 countries. Kathleen Rogers is president of the Earth Day Network which promotes environmental causes, and she has worked for more than 20 years as an environmental attorney and advocate. For more information, please visit the site! (more…)

The Green Energy of Creating an Artificial Sun

Completed and operational in May, the $3.5 billion home to the National Ignition Facility (NIF), was initially funded 15 years ago as a way to better understand the aging process of nuclear weapons. Now, researchers in this gigantic 10 story Livermore, California facility are taking the first steps towards an era of clean, almost limitless energy. (more…)

Rinspeed’s Zero Emission sQuba

Go ahead and day dream, it’s supposedly good for you and you can have what ever you want without costing a dime. Need a subject? Well picture this; the futuristic 2 door sportster “sQuba” is a James Bond inspired, zero-emissions, electric aqua-car from CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht and the geniuses at Swiss Rinspeed Design Company. The sQuba “moves like a fish in water” to depths of up to 33 feet (10 meters) and still manages to reach speeds of around 75mph (120kmh) when on dry land. In the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, 007 dove below the waves in a futuristic vehicle that moments before seemed to be an ‘ordinary’ car. Well, that really didn’t happen – it was movie magic. Not only is this vehicle real, it’s better because it’s green. The zero-emissions sQuba can transport a driver and passenger in its open cockpit design which is intended to allow the occupants easy escape, in case of emergency. When underwater, the occupants breathe air carried in the vehicle through scuba-style rebreathers and without occupants the sQuba will surface automatically. (more…)

Everybody Gets a Break!

My, “this too will pass,” reality – has passed. I got a job! — Really! —- No, I really, really did — Seriously! Man cannot live on blogs alone AND neither can women! So unemployment has been my life altering reality for a while. But not any longer!

I am soooooo happy!!! And I really want to thank you, my readers, supporters and fellow bloggers because you helped me (stay normal) as you were my sanity in this upheaval I have been living for quite a while. With that said, I want to spread the good feelings by offering DE4G for $17.00! Yes, that is right! Buy my book for $17.00. Did I tell you that I got a job? Guess what I got a job.

I don’t know how long this will last, but get your copy now. The information it presents is most needed in each and every household. So, excuse me, I am going out to spread the word. Plus I am not through dancing yet!

As the green future unfolds…..

Our Green Future Is Looking Way Cool!

At the Kohama Laboratory, Institute of Fluid Science at the Tohoku University in Japan, Professor Yasuaki Kohoma leads a group of researchers developing an aero-train. Called “Zero Emission Aero-Train”, it is a high-speed electric train, that looks like the love spawn of a high-speed train and a jet airplane. (more…)